Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh govt on Tuesday imposed the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) for six months on the state-run Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) after employees warned of a strike over timely payment of salaries, pension and financial arrears.The decision was taken to ensure uninterrupted public transport services, which are considered vital for passenger…
Chandigarh: Haryana Congress president Rao Narendra Singh on Tuesday launched the party’s ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ campaign in Narnaul, targeting the BJP governments at the Centre and in the state over unemployment, recurring paper leaks and the rising cost of education.Addressing a gathering, Rao alleged that students spend years preparing for competitive examinations only to face…
Protests led to police using tear gas and lathicharge (AI-generated image used for representation purposes) HISAR: Fresh tension erupted in Channot village of Hansi late Monday night after the district administration removed an allegedly illegal T-point connection from a drinking water pipeline passing through the village, triggering protests that led police to use tear gas…
Badopatti toll plaza on the Hisar-Sirsa National Highway (Image credit-Social media) HISAR: A dispute over toll charges at Badopatti toll plaza on the Hisar-Sirsa National Highway allegedly led to the death of a toll manager after he was run over by an SUV late on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Sanjay Shukla, 39 ,…
Police suspect the contractor used his licensed firearm. (Image used for representational purposes only.) HISAR: A 30-year-old contractor working with the public works department’s (PWD) buildings and roads (B&R) branch allegedly died by suicide at his residence in Krishna Nagar on Tuesday, police said.The deceased was identified as Aman Sharma. According to the preliminary investigation,…
Despite being incorporated into the Master Plan more than a decade ago, the development of these pockets has remained largely on paper Chandigarh: High-rise residential development in Chandigarh’s peripheral villages has emerged as a cornerstone of the UT administration’s proposed amendments to the Chandigarh Master Plan-2031 (CMP-2031), with officials projecting it as the key mechanism…
Rewari: The death of a 25-year-old woman in Haryana’s Rewari district took a fresh turn on Monday, with police registering a dowry death case against her husband and in-laws and arresting her husband.Preeti was found hanging at her matrimonial home in Pithrawas village under Rampura police station limits. While the in-laws said she died by…
Chandigarh: Congress MP and former deputy chief minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Sunday alleged that Punjab was facing a crisis on multiple fronts, citing power shortages, deteriorating law and order and weak infrastructure.Accusing the AAP govt of focusing on political publicity rather than governance, Randhawa said chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s claims of making Punjab safe,…
CHANDIGARH: The AAP govt has reconstituted the special investigation team (SIT) probing the three interlinked sacrilege cases of 2015, appointing Bathinda range DIG Harjeet Singh as its chairman.Punjab Bureau of Investigation’s June 1 orders also named Malerkotla SSP Gurmeet Singh, Amritsar ADCP (special branch) Harpal Singh and Sangrur (rural) DSP Dalbir Singh as members. The…
A top Haryana IAS officer, Pankaj Agarwal, has been apprehended by the CBI. CHANDIGARH: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested IAS officer Pankaj Agarwal, who was serving as principal secretary of Haryana’s school education and agriculture departments, in connection with the alleged misappropriation of government funds from accounts maintained by two state…
